HOW HAPPY A NEW YEAR’S EVE DO YOU WANT?

“As happy as I can get!” is likely your answer.  The best way to do this is to spend New Year’s Eve with people you’re happy to be with, who are fun and love to laugh, who are filled with optimism and the joy of life.  Surround yourself with them – and be just like them!

Now let’s turn this group into a real New Year’s Eve Party with The World’s Happiest Eggnog!  I mean, what’s New Year’s Eve without eggnog, right?  And the same watching all the bowl games on New Year’s Day.

So, for your consideration, here is my recipe for eggnog guaranteed to make your New Year’s Eve the happiest ever (provided you meet the condition above), as it’s done at our home for decades.  I’m providing it early (12/29) so you have time to get the ingredients.  Here we go!

Jack’s Recipe for The World’s Happiest Eggnog:

* 12 eggs

* 1 cup powdered sugar

* 1 tsp ground cinnamon

* 1 tsp ground nutmeg

* 1/2 tsp ground allspice

* 3 cups Famous Grouse or Jack Daniels (your choice)

* 1 cup dark rum

* 1/2 cup apricot brandy

* 1/2 cup peach brandy

* 4 cups heavy cream

* 1 cup whole milk

Carefully separate the eggs, placing the yolks in one large mixing bowl and the whites in another. Mix egg yolks with an electric mixer on medium to combine. Add powdered sugar and spices and continue to mix until blended. Stir in the FG or JD, rum and brandies, followed by the milk and cream. Taste – add whatever more ingredients adjusting to preferred taste or sugar for level of desired sweetness.

Wash off beaters, whip egg whites in their bowl until stiff.  Refrigerate both bowls overnight or at least 6-8 hours before serving.

To serve: pour basic mixture into punch bowl, re-whip egg whites then fold into mixture, sprinkle each glass served with dash of nutmeg.

Refrigerate again after serving, will last several days with refrigeration.

Happy New Year!